Benefits

November 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) has provided an 89-page "Call to Action" to reform the American health care system.

November 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute's 2008 Health Confidence Survey, providing high quality care and making health care more affordable are the...

November 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research indicates that too many investment choices in a 401(k) plan may lead participants who are inexperienced investors to take on more...

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new survey by Hewitt indicates the majority (51%) of U.S. multinational organizations do not plan to change their positions on salary increases...

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in the University of California Retirement Plan will begin making contributions next year to offset losses from the financial crisis, after an...

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that U.S. District Court Judge Mary H. Murguia has entered a consent decree for $1,875,000...

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly one-in-five veterans (17%) looking for a job said it took more than six months to secure one after leaving active duty, according...

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Mercer study of multinational companies' retirement savings and other benefit programs concludes that employees' "disturbing" lack of understanding of how to...

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 64% of employers who sponsor a health care plan and who participated in a recent survey contend that the U.S. health care...

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Results of a new study show that women's work stress is more related to managerial support and equal opportunity while their male counterparts...

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite volatile investment markets, the freezing and terminating of defined benefit plans, and limited formation of new plans, industry representatives consulted by Diversified...

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Montana) on Wednesday released a proposal to provide health care coverage for all Americans.

November 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Midwest Business Group on Health (MGBH) says value-based benefit design leads to healthier, more productive employees and lower long-term costs to employers.

November 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Milwaukee business group has announced it will wage a legal challenge to throw out a newly adopted city ordinance mandating employers in...

November 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Several positions in the telecommunications industry saw sizeable increases in compensation during 2008, according to Mercer's survey data.

November 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The recent Wall Street turmoil appears to have made a significant impact on some Americans' confidence they can last through retirement with money...

November 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 77% of corporate real estate executives attending a recent Orlando professional conference said they see alternative workplace strategies (AWS) growing over the...

November 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent Scottrade survey found that members of Generation Y are the most confident and are most likely to self-educate and make investing...

November 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If the current economic slowdown continues, most HR officials in a recent survey said they would consider responding with more financial planning information...

November 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Mid-America Coalition on Health Care (MACHC) has announced a two-year national pilot project to establish the rationale and best practices for employers...